Additional Information

Through five so-called EU Joint Actions adopted in the framework of the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, France has made substantial voluntary contributions in support of the CTBTO’s work in areas such as training, verification regime enhancement and technical assistance to third countries. Both the 2012 EU Joint Action and the preceding one in 2010 amounted to over € 5 million.

Workshops and seminars hosted (selection):

Technical Training Programme Course for Radionuclide Station Operators from 3 to 7 December 2012

Technical Training Programme Course for Station Operators of SPALAX Noble Gas Detector Systems from 4 to 8 July 2011

Technical Training Programme Course for Station Operators of SPALAX Noble Gas Detector Systems from 27 to 30 September 2010, Paris

CTBTO Workshop on Machine Learning and Earth Structure, from 6 to 9 September 2010, Montpellier

Technical Training Programme Course for Station Operators of SPALAX Noble Gas Detector Systems from 11 to 15 January 2010, Paris

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"[France]
has spared effort to promote, together with Morocco, at the highest
possible level, in every multilateral forum and every bilateral meeting,
the universalization of the Treaty and its earliest possible entry into
force."Foreign Minister Alain Juppé at the 2011 Article XIV Conference in New York - full statement (PDF)

"As of now, the CTBTO is capable of performing the monitoring mission given to it by the Treaty. And as of tomorrow, no State will be able to carry out a nuclear test without the knowledge of the international community."Former Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in CTBTO Spectrum 13 - article (PDF)